Load data question 6.5 cm

[TikkaJerry]

So I was working up a charge ladder and most 3 shot group had one flyer in the same spot... Is it me or something to do with my press possibly? Here are a few examples...

 

[Texas10]

Could be a lot of things but if you're shooting off a front rest and you're a right handed shooter, that flyer could simply be caused by cheek pressure on the stock. If you're shooting a pencil barreled rifle and both flyers are the third shot, could be barrel heating. Or scope parallax, the list goes on, but not knowing the distance, type of rifle, bench or prone shooting, type of gear, hand loading procedures, etc. makes it tough to take a guess at what's causing the flyer.

The other two shots look respectable though.

 

[Juppe12]

Do you have eyeglasses, especially varifocals/progressive? I do have similar "flyers" if my eyeposition changes even a little during shooting. With singlevision glasses I did not have so bad problem but with progressiveglasses is just PITA

 

[jepp2]

Is it me or something to do with my press possibly? Here are a few examples...

Other info that might help with the analysis:
- distance you were shooting
- what you were shooting and how
- wind
- rifle and optic
- your experience level

I only view a 3 shot group will tell me if a load will not shoot. So if I have 2 shots together and a 3rd spread, that just might be the size that load shoots. I have shot many many 4 shot 1 hole groups that the 5th shot opened. Just meant the load shot what the 5 shot group measured.

And if you are shooting a ladder, you should be most interested in the vertical location vs the other groups. The vertical on the two groups you show, look pretty similar. How was the vertical on the other groups you shot?

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

With a hunting style stock, I have seen slight contact between toe of stock and the bench throw a shot east/west. Seating depth inconsistency, .224 TNT's for me need to be adjusted individually.

 

[TikkaJerry]

I'm shooting a t3x tac a1 in 6.5 with Nikon Black FX1000 6-24x50, Atlas bipod, rear bag, all screws on rifle/mount have been torqued to spec. Shooting at 175 yds with very mild wind. No glasses or contacts. Shooting prone and Im no pro, but I'm a respectable shot IMO. I hit a gallon milk jug at 900 yards that same day on my second shot. I personally think that it has something to do with my press because it is a little shoddy to see the least. And it gets the cartridge length within 1 or 2 thousandth of an inch but I have noticed every once in a great while when I'm inspecting my reloads, I noticed that some of the bullets seem to be seated a little bit crooked in the neck, I don't know if that's that when it got seated it actually bent the brass itself. But when I take it and roll it across my table I can see the slightest wobble in the cartridge. Then I'll set that round aside to be broken back down. Kind of wondering if possibly I'm just not picking up on the wobble because it's so minute and that is part of the issue or what but... And here's my ladder

 

[TikkaJerry]

And this is my 'pill popper'

 

[Bc'z]

I'd work with whatever load #6 is, and go to seating.
It's basically holding same horizontal as 5&7.

 

[TikkaJerry]

I'd work with whatever load #6 is, and go to seating.
It's basically holding same horizontal as 5&7.

That was my thought aswell. In your guys opinion, how far off the lands should I start? And what increments should I work in or vise versa.

 

[Bc'z]

I generally start at .010 off touch and move bullet deeper into case in .003 increments.
Use sorted bullets sorted bbto.
Shoot in same format as your charge weight test.